Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Outworld Destroyer wins the Outworld Destroyer vs Shadow Demon matchup: Outworld Destroyer beats Shadow Demon in 56.42% of 1,652 ranked matches.
Saving an ally from Sanity's Eclipse with Disruption is a classic play, and it often works. The issue for Shadow Demon is what happens in the rest of the fight. The illusions he creates are a massive liability against Outworld Destroyer, providing easy targets that melt instantly and feed him mana if he uses Astral Imprisonment on them. This makes it difficult for SD to contribute meaningful damage or chaos. While a well-timed Disruption can prevent a kill, Outworld Destroyer’s ability to control the fight, burn through a single target, and punish the illusions gives him a consistent, if small, advantage across the game.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Outworld Destroyer's win rate against Shadow Demon in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Outworld Destroyer win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 54.15% | 229 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.73% | 220 |
Outworld Destroyer's win rate against Shadow Demon in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Outworld Destroyer win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 56.42% | ▲ +2.5pp | 1,652 |
| 7.41d | 53.92% | ▲ +1.2pp | 15,718 |
| 7.41c | 52.76% | ▲ +1.0pp | 7,047 |
| 7.41b | 51.73% | — | 9,430 |
Move this data into a draft
Outworld Destroyer starts on Radiant and Shadow Demon on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.